Catalogue description Records of Harvey's Almshouse, Chard

This record is held by Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)

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Reference: DD\HAR
Title: Records of Harvey's Almshouse, Chard
Description:

Records of Harvey's Almshouse, Chard
Date: 1663-1966
Held by: Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Harvey's Almshouse, Chard, Somerset
Physical description: 49 items
Immediate source of acquisition:

S/1306
Subjects:
  • Chard, Somerset
Administrative / biographical background:

This charity was established by the will of Rich. Harvey, a native of the town, who left lands in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for the founding of a hospital in Chard, which was in use from 1698. The endowments included at one time 105 acres in Meldreth (co. Cambridgeshire) known as Chard Farm. In the mid-19th. century Wambrook farm, Wambrook, was purchased by money from the sale of the out-county estates.
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